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There are more people at Mardi Gras in Mobile, Al

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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

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Reminder #ica25: If you want to walk over to the No Kings protest today in Denver, a small group is gathering in the Hyatt Recency lobby at 11:30am to walk over leaving at 11:40am.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

I do a few lectures on right wing extremism and law enforcement (both as a threat to and threat within) in my class and always it comes up - what about left wing extremism? And while it exists, it largely isn’t the same.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

If you or someone you are protesting with gets hit by one of these compounds, knowing how to act can help alleviate symptoms and provide relief. Read about what you need to know about these compounds, and what to do if you’re affected by it.

submitted 8 hours ago • 15 comments

wracking my brains to think of someone who would have had access to a police uniform, a police-issue plate carrier, and a police car

submitted 9 hours ago • 85 comments

Provo UT folks!

submitted 8 hours ago • 11 comments

Houston City Hall rn:

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D.C. Air Traffic Controllers Given Day Off To Attend Military Parade

submitted 10 hours ago • 30 comments

This woman will be denied promotion.

submitted 11 hours ago • 9 comments

One of my favorite editing projects of the past few years and the book that has the most explanatory power for answering the question of why well-meaning people are always having their time wasted by fools. Read it!

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No one. Absolutely no one. mirya busts through a wall Kool-Aid style "hey does everybody want me to answer questions about my new book??"

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Honored to have been considered for this prize for my work with @paytongannon.bsky.social explaining US court decisions on abortion post-Dobbs! Highly recommend publishing quick, contemporary pieces with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — always a great experience and great editorial team!

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I'm not even home to see it, but look what came in the mail to my house today!!

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Doing reviews and was reminded that I made this a while ago (as I decide between approaches)

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Me in @nytimes: “Lindsey Boylan, the first of Mr. Cuomo’s staff members to go public with complaints that he had harassed her, said that whatever gestures he made toward contrition, including his resignation, were motivated by politics. “He knew that it was the way to salvage his future,”

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

Every official who now decides Cuomo's harassment of multiple women is fine sends a message to victims and abusers alike that no one cares

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Wow, what a cool new research on #deliberation #climatechange #representation #gender @ajpseditor.bsky.social "Women's presence also shifts the content of deliberations toward prospective solutions for which women have socially recognized expertise..." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

<mirya logs on after 36 hrs offline> Oh God. What? Oh no. Oh yes? <mirya posts a photo of a cappuccino and a custard bun from Naples and logs off>

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

No! Do NOT talk about and laugh about and message around the thing everyone else is talking about. Instead, read the CBO score PDF aloud.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

New Cambridge Element 'Amplifying Extremism: Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism' by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman is now free to read for 2 weeks. cup.org/4kziCnn #cambridgeelements #politics

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The child in this trustee’s scenario? Faculty. Who submitted their tenure files for consideration in accordance with the terms of their employment. Both sides have a responsibility in that contract, one to submit and one to review. I hope everyone really hears this.

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

"The best way to protect academic freedom is to make it easier for political appointees to fire academics"

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

UNC's BOT has belatedly, and after public outcry, approved the pending tenure cases. While I am relieved for my colleagues who were held in limbo, our issues here are far from settled. @insidehighered.com obtained board member's emails - hoo boy, buckle up 1/ www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

I very much enjoyed this piece on Cardi B's righteous anger by @scaachi.bsky.social slate.com/life/2025/06...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Budget office projects 10.9 million more people will be uninsured in 2034 due to health care changes from GOP tax bill.

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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

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Bluesky is hearing it first! 🚨 here is my first first author publication🚨 Read more about how masculinity functions as a barrier to men's entry into sex ed courses 👀 doi.org/10.1177/1097...

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